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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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Fraud email example:
From: hectorzuma@zwallet.com
Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 15:04:49 +0200
Subject: A Very genuine,sincere offer of increased business expansion.
From: Mr.Hector Zuma
Johannesburg, South Africa
TLE:+27 73 816 4637
Eamil:hectorzuma@zwallet.com
Compliments,
I know that this message may come to you as a surprise since we do not
know each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am MR. Hector Zuma, an Ex- Auditor in ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. During my auditing work
in the bank, I found out about an account opened in this bank in 1999 and
since then nobody has operated on this account. After going through some
old files in the record, I discovered that the owner of this account is
Mr. Nazral Ali, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger Gold Co., who
died since Year 2000. No other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation
proved to me as well that his Company does not know anything about this
account and the amount involved is Six Million Three Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars (USD$6.3M). I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money cannot be approved to a local bank here, but can only be app
roved to any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the
former owner of the account Mr. Nazral Ali is a foreigner too. I
need your full co-operation to make this work, because the management is
ready to approve the transfer of this money to any foreigner who has correct
information of this account, which I will give to you later. If you are
able and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and according
to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this is a
lifetime opportunity. With my position now in the office I can lobby for
the transfer this money to your account, which you will provide with the
assurance that the money will be intact pending my physical arrival in
your country for sharing. I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately
this money is transferred, leaving no trace to any place. I will apply
for my annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are
ready to act a
nd receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and in
fluence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to
your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign
exchange departments. Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the
next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax
numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.
At the conclusion of this business, you will get 20% of the total amount,
75% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incur
during the transfer process.
Your Telephone and Fax numbers are urgent.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Yours faithfully.
Mr. Hector Zuma.
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